Fund Governance

Fund Governance

Myer Foundation ESG portfolio alignment 90pc complete

The Myer retail-turned-philanthropy family is actively choosing environmental, social and good governance investments to drive its performance, a process it began two years ago, Martyn Myer explains.

Meredith BoothJanuary 11, 2021

Fund Governance

Industry fund trustees to mull balance sheet creation

Whether new look profit-for-member trustees with balance sheets and new insurance arrangements leads to these funds attracting the same attention for civil penalties and remediation as for-profit funds remains to be seen.

Matthew SmithDecember 14, 2020

Fund Governance

David Atkin implores industry to front-foot transparency demands

After 12 years at Cbus, former CEO David Atkin is focussed on nudging the business world away from short-termism towards the wholistic, long-term investment timeframes of superannuation funds.

Ben HurleyDecember 7, 2020

Fund Governance

Green bonds: part of super industry’s decarbonising tool set

AustralianSuper's Andrew Gray said the fund has not ruled out using green bonds as a tool to reach its ambitious target of net-zero carbon emissions for its entire investment portfolio by 2050.

Jessica SierNovember 30, 2020

Fund Governance

Performance test will produce ‘zombie funds’, experts say

Members might end up being stranded in funds that become undesirable to potential suitors because they have a chance of underperforming over multiple years or hold poor preforming assets relative to a listed benchmark, new research shows.

Matthew SmithNovember 25, 2020

Fund Governance

AIA Australia’s Mu voices support for stapling reforms

It’s time to take the opportunity to think differently about insurance in superannuation, AIA Australia chief executive Damien Mu has said.

Matthew SmithNovember 20, 2020

Fund Governance

Stepping out of silos helped Cbus navigate liquidity challenge: Fok

Bringing teams together to find different ways to create liquidity over different timeframes was an important aspect of not only getting through at this critical time but also investing successfully in a substantial and rapid market recovery, the Cbus CIO describes.

Matthew SmithNovember 17, 2020

Fund Governance

Fund agreement resets to flow from REST climate precedent

Investment managers can expect to have agreements renegotiated so trustees can hold them more accountable for what they are doing to manage climate change risk in light of the REST settlement this week, experts have said.

Matthew SmithNovember 4, 2020

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